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pp. 70-71: Cicero's dialogues as a rational exchange of ideas, allowing for alternative views
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p. 77: Epicurus' idea of a "pleasurable life" is not what later Christian detractors tried to make it out to be (gluttonous and licentious)
p. 97: Christianity vs. learning
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p. 98: Epicurus vs. Christianity; why should humans think themselves so superior that god should take their form rather than that of any other species?
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pp. 101-102: Christians turned Epicurus into a "Falstaffian figure of riotous excess."
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p. 103: Western civilization = "the pursuit of pain triumphed over the pursuit of pleasure"
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p. 107: Why Christians seek pain instead of pleasure (pious emulation, spirit > flesh)
p. 118: Curiosity = a sin for Christians; achievements of classical civilizations < the "timeless kingdom of God"
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p. 124: Petrarch and Salutati, going beyond imitation to innovation
pp. 158-159: a description of the medieval church's ridiculous marketing and money-making schemes
